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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Circuit theory of passive devices (resistors, capacitors, and inductors). Semi-conductor principles and transistor amplifier design. Integrated circuit applications and digital computer logic circuit principles. prereq: PHYS 120 or PHYS 121 4 hrs, 4 cr.
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2.00 Credits
GER 3/B Experiments are performed with passive devices (capacitors, inductors, resistors) and active devices (diodes, transistors). A variety of transistor amplifier and oscillator circuits are studied as well as integrated circuit applications. coreq: PHYS 221 4 hrs, 2 cr.
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4.00 Credits
Semiconductor devices and circuits, including properties of semiconductors, diodes, transistors, amplifiers, oscillators, and digital circuits. prereq: PHYS 204 5 hrs (3 lec, 2 lab), 4 cr
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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Selected experiments of mechanics, electricity/magnetism, and thermodynamics. Experiments may include driven oscillator resonance, coupled oscillators, liquid nitrogen heat of vaporization, Fourier analysis/filtering, ferromagnetic hysteresis, and the nonlinear pendulum period. Elementary error analysis techniques and computer software for data analysis/graphing. prereq: PHYS 120 or 121 4 hrs, 2 cr.
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4.00 Credits
GER 3/B Topics in optics related to lasers and optical fiber and devices for modulating and directing signals from such devices. Geometrical optics with emphasis on ray tracing. Matrix methods in optics. Lenses thick and thin, mirrors, prisms and other passive optical elements and systems. Propagation of light in materials. Dispersion and its effects. Special topics in geometric and wave optics. Laboratory complements classwork. prereqs: PHYS 120 or 121 or equiv; MATH 125 5 hrs, 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Wave optics, interference, coherence, polarization, birefrigence, diffraction, gratings in two and three dimensions, power and energy measurements, basics of laser safety, ultra-fast pulse technology measurements, basics of laser safety, ultra-fast pulse technologies, electro-optics and acoustooptics switches, optical materials, non-linear optics. Laboratory complements classwork. prereq: PHYS 231 7 hrs, 5 cr.
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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Laser as a device, principle of operation, cavity modes and their control (tuning elements, Q switching, mode-locking) and detection, laser design, types of lasers, includes discussion of laser types for medical, ranging and tracking, material processing, pollution monitoring, and optical memory applications, semiconductor laser. Laboratory complements class work. prereq: PHYS 231 6 hrs, 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Propagation of light in optical fiber, including analysis of the behavior of different modes. Dispersion and distortion. Specialized light sources and their characterization. Fiber optic sensors. All optical fiber amplifiers. Optical switches and logic gates. Optical isolators. Techniques for joining fibers. Instruments for characterizing fiber and fiber links. Optical communications systems and protocols. Wavelength division multiplexing. Medical applications including fiber optics-diagnostic and surgical. Optical data processing and optical memories. Laboratory complements classwork. prereq: PHYS 231 6 hrs, 4 cr.
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3.00 Credits
GER 3/B Selected experiments of quantum physics and optics. Experiments may include nuclear half-life, microwave diffraction, Bragg scattering of x-rays, nuclear multichannel scintillation, Franck-Hertz quantum levels, Millikan oil drop. Error analysis techniques including Gauss and Poisson distributions and correlation of data. Programming for data analysis. prereq: PHYS 120 or 121 4 hrs, 2 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of mathematical techniques for solving partial differential equations occurring in physics. Cross-listed as MATH 301. prereq: MATH 254 4 hrs, 4 cr.
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